Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe 1st Edition by Richard W Kaeuper ISBN 0198207301 9780198207306

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ISBN 10: 0198207301

ISBN 13: 9780198207306 

Author: Richard W. Kaeuper 

Medieval Europe was a rapidly developing society with a problem of violent disorder. Professor Kaeuper’s original and authoritative study reveals that chivalry was not simply part of the solution. Chivalry praised heroic violence by knights, and fused such displays of prowess with honour, piety, high status, and attractiveness to women. Though the vast body of chivalric literature, here examined, praises chivalry as necessary to civilization, most texts also worry over knightly violence, criticize all ideals and practices of chivalry, and often propose reforms. The knights themselves joined the debate, absorbing some reforms, ignoring others, sometimes proposing their own. Complexity likewise characterized the interaction of chivalry with major governing institutions (“church” and “state”) emerging at the same time: kings and clerics both needed and feared the force of knighthood. This fascinating book lays bare the conflicts and paradoxes surrounding the concept of chivalry in medieval Europe.

Table of contents:

Issues and Approaches
1:The Problem of Public Order and the Knights
2:Evidence on Chivalry and its Interpretation
The Link with Clergie
3:Knights and Piety
4:Clergie, Chevalerie, and Reform
The Link with Royaute5:Chevaleriue and Royaute
6:English Kingship, Chivalry, and Literature
The Ambivalent Force of Chivalry
7:The Privileged Practice of Violence: Worship of the Demi-God Prowess
8:Knighthood in Action
9:Social Dominance of the Knights
10:Knights, Ladies, and Love
11:Chanson de Geste and Reform
12:Quest and Questioning in Romance
13:Chivalric Self-Criticism and Reform

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